It’s Black Monday in Atlanta as Julio Jones has officially been traded. Links on that, of course, as well as some looks at mandatory minicamp.
Exit Julio Jones
Well, the weeks of rumors and tumult surrounding Julio Jones and the Atlanta Falcons finally came to a conclusion yesterday, as the all-world wide receiver was shipped off to Tennessee to join the Titans.
The Falcons received a second-round pick from the Titans for Jones, a return that’s already generating some rage among the fanbase. It’s a franchise-defining move for Terry Fontenot, but one that he was seemingly cornered to make once there was a leverage shift in the wake of that interview with Shannon Sharpe.